Project Name: Reef Project Credits: Rob Ley Project Brief Description:
Reef investigates the role emerging material technology can play in the sensitive reprogramming of architectural and public space. A field of sunflowers as they track the sun across the sky or a reef covered with sea anemones, offer image of the type of motion this technology affords.
The project makes use of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), a category of metals that change shape according to temperature. Operating at a molecular level, this motion is similar to that of plants and lower level organisms that are considered responsive but not conscious.
Reef's unique exploration of technology shifts from the biomimetic to the biokinetic while liberating and extending architecture's capacity to produce a sense of willfulness. In addition, the 'reef' changes and interacts with the proportions of the storefront's façade, progressing from a single surface to an enclosed vault that creates multiple layers of interactivity.
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Project Credits: Rob Ley
Project Brief Description:
Reef investigates the role emerging material technology can play in the sensitive reprogramming of architectural and public space. A field of sunflowers as they track the sun across the sky or a reef covered with sea anemones, offer image of the type of motion this technology affords.
The project makes use of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), a category of metals that change shape according to temperature. Operating at a molecular level, this motion is similar to that of plants and lower level organisms that are considered responsive but not conscious.
Reef's unique exploration of technology shifts from the biomimetic to the biokinetic while liberating and extending architecture's capacity to produce a sense of willfulness. In addition, the 'reef' changes and interacts with the proportions of the storefront's façade, progressing from a single surface to an enclosed vault that creates multiple layers of interactivity.
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Relevant Web Addresses:
http://www.urbanaarch.com/Reef
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